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•**Mr- H»p9f g*« ——'IL-*mtredw * Wl « i,«rfpo»,t*ik* GrtMK,-?TXtK WiV** ftrROB of the timefot tolltctinf erttMft *■** laMmtall, ^Slto provide fof ti» eteetion of cettein Btetet* Com. oft Ekcuoe..• The 8e«*U then edjoorned. . _ . ....--------• ~ Ifotnt or RnutwittitB, Jen, 99. TV joihl revolbtion reHlive „to the MEXICAN WAR cmne bock from the Seuete.mwl of the Hoot •nttadiDfots non-concurred 10^—they wwt ftreirtd w the coinmutfce on relaiioD*. .Bill to appropriate 35,000 notes of land to troustucl a csoaTat Grand Rapids was read a third Ume and parsed. The House adjourned.THE STATESMAN.MARSHALL* MICH.MONDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1847.CrCoiMHMCATiona mast be handed in as early aa Saturday rooming, in order to insure insertion in tKfe paper of the Following week.EF Advkhtutmskts will be inserted il sent in ei-tljrr Saturday or early Monday do ruing.UKENTUCKY SLAVE CATCHERS!On Wednesday morning last our orderly and peaceful town was thrown into* great excitement by an at-teinpt, made by four Slave caJchera from Kentucky; to seize and carry away a fanvly or colored people, whom they alleged to be slaves. The family consisted dfvtlie father, mother, and three children, had resided here about three and a half yearn, and were much respected by our citiz* qs for their industry and good behavior. The plan for their seizure was sectetlyconcocted, find few of our villagers knew of it, until- , early in the rooming, when the claimant a of lheslove9from inw ed, it baa ruiQ of tei must be dt ons men, and dec«f« be, and »r them in tldecision.in this St the ease i There exi out mooe depend tq of Inter, done awi aa good a ed—inew an entin things in Banking cbosetts the Loci found w enquire change I an one New Yc Fedetv Bank tcenturyBut v we con callingI-proceeded to take their property into possession.—Tliey went to the house of the alleged slaves for that purpose, and finding it closed, burst open the door.—-By this lime our citizens had assembled in great numbers at the house Indeed, it wap one universal torn-out*—the whole village wna in alarm. The news spread like wild-firc, and not an individual, of whatever age or sex, seemed iodiflwnt to the rcanlt. Il was the loud and deep and almost unanimous cry, The family shall never go buck into slavery. In thenicon-l me it proved that the Kentuckians were arm- t _____3ed with pistols and bowir knives. Oae of the party I P drew a pistol to shoot a colored man who stood near, j thrown ** | Th's act, togrihcr with the violent breaking into the j ^ °PP ^ I house, csoiled still more the indignation of our ciii- f utterau c- zcn?,.who'foiled not to make it distinctly kuowp to ^ eentmi • the tlave-catchcrs, that they must make no further , In coat ,r* luttemuisat violence ia revfoimiug their chit/rls. It j Tayloi^ J 1was now lime to avenge the violated laws of the slate . most ri by proceeding legally against thuw who had made and set themselves liable ill I he case. Accordingly the whole , i^q *r party were brought before Jnst’ce IIobaut und tried for breaking feloniously into the houw of Adam Cross* white. The individual also who presented the deadly wepon to the breast of C. Hackctt was arrested and tried before the said Jusriee. In the former case the Justice adjudged, the dar.mges at $IU0, and in the latter, the complaint for asmnli with in trot to kfSl, was EUSlained, and the defendant ordered to appear at acd:— the next session of the C:rcu‘t Coart in the penalty j of SMjQ. The Airman rJ)ctlc/a claimed bythese Ken-: t Smltn-tueky gentlemen, left for parts unknown on Wed- ■ nesJoy eight. The .Kentuckians left town on Friday morning on their “winding way for home. Thus, for the present, is ended this unpleasant affair.But the whole subject calculated to call up deepd-neicreetheir ponn-rh-iveTherioner * it the f the offRccdpns-an-uikie J and solemn reflections. We have had an opportunityJ of witnessing one of the cooacqucncrt of an insiitu-i;*„ i tion which, iu ail evil hour, haa been fa:ira, t it Iso, rel-tioationiou.unhidandirediiza-ruayhao-itemSalesJccijb on uponSalesReet^Safes mi On a[C.ipro-landntiessioo,sya-tniunlakeTt.of laTltngayItdeia-rptea-—ion ofidkal aunty edien-»t orgiesla tl• UwanIaotnzi rela-m de-esolu-ifman feet of Comu)U to It tax-at Ihia bis was detuof est ac-w falls laps of ure notlix- j tioo wnicn, in an rvu uuur, xitm utru listened upon ght | our otherwise free govern men l, and which haa excited 9 some thing more than fearful apprehensions, in all reflecting minds—il has already worked ont its legitimate results. A dreadful flow of blood has altrody crimsoned the 6oi! of a neighboring nation, ip order to perpetuate this leprous spot on the body politic. The question now and ever should be, with every well- | wisher of hie country, Shall this legalized wrong upon human rights, be aoflered to extend itse«f, or shall it be stayed! And farther, shall not the principle be asserted and sustained in the free states, as it is established by the laws of every civilized country, that the shackles of the since shall fall, when be touches our soil? Iodecdt auch u the sentiment of our people, and every day's experience is giving it potency. And we rejoice at it. The time has passed whra the slave holder can, in the face and eyes of freemen, carry off human beings iuto Slavery, after they have once gained the protection of laws, which guarantee to evety one living under them, the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.M We have not timo further to dilate upon this great and absorbing theme.It is worthy of a pen more powerful than ours, altho*\Yfc qjS.yviUiB *° contribute our share towards giving vigor to the progress of free discussion, by which the rights of humanity shall be better understood and more folly acknowledged, in this country. We dose what j we have Jo say upon this subject, by quoting the foi-lowing sentences from a lata eluqueol writer:False principles do indeed often advance, but their progress is either silent and in the dark, or else their pioneer* are the torture andTlfie stake. There ia a j conscious lueugth belonging to truth: and when we o principles steadily gainiug ground, by free discussion, by (air and honest reasoning, we rrcugutzr their oawatd march as the appointed course of the world1* Irsioiy, Tliere is a tide in the affairs of men, and quite as certaiAly there is a current. It cannot return; and; though results are atrlcily no criteria of truth, it would be hard to maintain that that current ruaa the wrong way. - On the very bafi^s of our betid in a superintending Providence, we recognize his hand m the silent growth of principles; of such principles at least as flourish iu the (ret air of □□fettered discussion, and epriog upatdc by aide with the noble plant of evangelical zeaL We watch with tutcreal their present rapid development. There are, do doubt, many unfavorable signs of the limes. Tel, we do uot hesitate to say, that thrre are only two circumstances which if thetr I at all alarm us; the comparatively slow progietfs which 15 per | can possibly moke to subduing the gigantic evils which arose to the la oae of slumbering generalioQ«,uud the infatuation which leads good men to waste their s years I strength, and trifle with their influence, si the very 2 inter-1 ante when the call to conceotmtrd effort ia lb? loud-ugan~- j est, and the p(opuse of success the GtiresU ..[Uui^ir I Bequtl' tb*? ok®** iriol was truly amusingand instrujBglag. pfter the business be-oafkf*i I fore the Court was disjawSj of,^ * debate took placej ihe Slavery queaUon, one of the Kentucky gentlemen opening it, ia which'he gars a pretty p»od Abolition ^ouhtT I lecture, however ilf his pjofessiouasuited bra practice. ayh but J He admitted to exist ;all the evib which its oppoe-erg hayr aaurihed to slavery, and paly pUsd the onm*hie tbi? I the coasUUUon in its ^vor.^ He warngOeae-1 4^fJy Mr. Yav ^hMjur in a strain if sound *r-iffps tpi. pois ^, irony a^d ttsg «po-JWrif mr ez£dlcA : Oo the whole, w? be-jfuot) wUTmultMh the tfli'v, ud sot theWri »UI ^eOH *•tH*m Imt1cativhibrotto Von Isona btdigkecsenHr4riAmHlt;ribHStfeiFac;sjf*Tlr-.--A-AmvM viVi
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Marshall Statesman
Marshall, Michigan, US
Mon, Feb 01, 1847
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